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Electric cars now £486 cheaper than petrol as UK fuel costs soar
Electric cars are now hundreds of pounds cheaper to run than petrol models Electric cars are almost £500 per year cheaper than petrol vehicles as running costs for combustion models soar. Rising fuel prices, sparked by conflict in the Middle…
Renault R5 profitability challenges industry trends on small electric cars
Renault Group (RENA.PA) is achieving better margins on its compact electric R5 than larger models like the Megane or Scenic, CEO Francois Provost told French business daily Les Echos this week. European carmakers have frequently…
I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed - these were my 5 favorite electric cars
Another year, another swelteringly hot Goodwood Festival of Speed, as the 11th Duke of Richmond's garden becomes one of the busiest — and noisiest — moving motor shows on the automotive calendar. While it is an excuse to thrash all…
New £52 annual charge for electric car owners
Drivers across the UK have been hit with a £52 charge, with the new levy affecting road users earlier this month. Ofgem's energy price cap rose from July 1, with the maximum energy rate climbing from 24.67p/kWh to 26.11p/kWh. The rise will…
India's pre-owned electric vehicle market sees rapid growth with financing and ecosystem support
Mandeep Kaur, a 28-year-old businessman from Gurugram, visited AutoBest Emporio's luxury pre-owned car showroom in West Delhi looking for a conventional luxury SUV such as an Audi Q5 or a Range Rover Velar. Electric vehicles were not part of his…
California Offering Uber, Lyft Drivers up to $20K to Buy or Lease Electric Vehicle
California's moves to reduce greenhouse gases throughout the state added a $20,000 incentive for high-mileage Uber and Lyft drivers to buy or lease a new electric vehicle. To offset the loss of both state and federal EV incentives, the California…
Americans Might Force Alpine To Put Gas Back In Its New Electric Sports Car
Alpine will decide whether to offer an ICE-powered A110 later this year. If approved, it would join the EV and arrive in approximately two years. US market appears to be a key driver pushing Alpine towards ICE. Alpine used the Goodwood Festival of…
Volkswagen sales slide further as carmaker weighs mass job cuts
Volkswagen on Friday said that a slide in sales accelerated in the second quarter, as the crisis-hit German auto group reportedly considers cutting up to 100,000 jobs worldwide. Overall vehicle deliveries fell almost nine percent in the April-June…
Volkswagen China deliveries see 26% drop year on year to lowest point since 2010
Volkswagen Group's deliveries in China slumped during the first half of 2026 to their lowest level in 16 years, as local electric vehicle (EV) brands further siphoned off buyers' interest in petrol cars amid a slowing market. Through its three…
Ford's $30,000 EV truck is under wraps. Its camouflage is an ad.
Ford has been camouflaging its coming $30,000 EV pickup during public testing. Turns out, the going-out attire is intentionally revealing. Photos and videos of the disguised truck have circulated widely online in recent weeks. And some of Ford's…
WATCH: Trump's Energy chief reveals what escalating Iran tensions could mean for gas prices
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is telling Americans not to be concerned about the possibility of another surge of sharp increases in gasoline prices as tensions with Iran have started to escalate once again. Asked whether Americans should worry…
Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France's future
The Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the Tour's opening week was a major fault in the Visma team bus's air conditioning. Flip back 50 years to my…
The US EV market comes back from the dead. Thank high gas prices.
When gas prices surged earlier this year, the Barr household barely felt it. We stopped driving the gas-guzzling BMW and only used our Tesla Model 3, which is charged up from our rooftop solar panels and Powerwall battery. It's cheap…
BYD offers compensation or refund to buyers after model year mix-up
The world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD, admitted it made a mistake when it sold vehicles to an estimated 1265 Australian customers as 2026 models when they had been made the year before. The Chinese manufacturer, which is poised to…
The German economy is sputtering badly-here are 7 reasons why
German automaker Volkswagen is set to cut up to 100,000 jobs worldwide. The problems at VW are indicative of the deepest crisis the German auto industry has faced in decades. The shift toward electric vehicles, growing competitive pressure from…
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